MARIO RUIZ

Alicante, SPAIN 1965

A graduate in Industrial Design from the Elisava School of Design in Barcelona, designer Mario Ruiz started his independent professional career in 1995.

Due to his skill and multidisciplinary experience in such diverse fields he has won the confidence of more than 120 leading companies in the world (Australia, the United States, Sweden, France, Italy, Canada, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain).

Teknion, Siemens, Steelcase, Thomson, Schneider Electric, Arflex, Sellex, Gandia Blasco, Haworth, HBF, Metalarte, Offecct, Castelli, Citterio, Lapalma, Palau, Schiavello… are just some names for whom he has worked on more then 600 projects. For some of these companies he not only undertakes projects directly related to

their products in diferent fields (domestic and office furniture, lighting, textil design, product design, graphics) but also acts as creative director defining their product catalogues, brand and graphic identity, as well as developing their showrooms and trade fair stands.

His work has been acknowledged with more than 40 prestigious awards in Europe and the United States. Including several Red Dot, IF, Design Plus, Wallpaper Awards08 and ADI-FAD Silver Delta Awards. For more than 10 years, he’s also been a lecturer at the Eina and Elisava design schools in Barcelona.

In 2003 the first monograph on his work, “mario ruiz / costadesign”, was released by publishing house Actar.

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COOKIES POLICY

1 - Cookies types

1.1. The website www.arflex.it uses cookies that have the function of making the user's browsing experience easier and more intuitive: cookies are small text files created in order to provide a way for the website to store, to recognize and to keep track of user’s information and preferences or information about device used to browsing. Cookies are used to ensure that a personalized browsing experience is offered, by storing the previously user’s choices and by adapting the website's operation to its expectations.

1.2. A cookie is of a small data set transferred by a Web server to the user's browser and it can only be read by the server that made the transfer. This is not executable code and does not transmit viruses.

1.3. Cookies may record personal information and any data which permits the identification of the person concerned may be stored. The user can prevent the back-up of some or of all cookies during the first access to the website, by connecting to the page for revoking or modifying the consent previously provided http://www.arflex.it/cookie/.

1.4. In the following articles are described the website’s types of cookies, listed on the page for the revocation or modification of the consent previously provided (http://www.arflex.it/cookie/,) in which users can examinate in detail the functions and characteristics (e.g. data storage time) of each of them.

2 - Technical Cookies

2.1. Technical cookies allow website’s browsing and facilitate the user's access and the user’s safe enjoyment of the website. Technical cookies are necessary for the transmission of communications on an electronic network or for the supplier in order to provide the service required by the customer.

2.2. The settings to manage or disable cookies may vary depending on the browser used by the user. The user, however, can manage or require the general disabling or deletion of cookies by modifying the settings of its browser or by connecting to the page for revocation or change of consent previously provided http://www.arflex.it/cookie/. Disabling or deleting cookies may slow down or prevent access to certain parts of the website.

2.3. Cookies included in the browser and retransmitted through the Google Analytics Service (collected by the will of the website’s owner in a totally anonymous form) or others with similar functions are to be considered technical when used for the purpose of optimizing the website directly from the owner; in this case can be collected only information in aggregate and anonymous form on the number of users and on how they visit the website. Under these conditions, the same rules provided for technical cookies are valid for analytics cookies, in terms of cookies policy and consent.

2.4. With regard to the duration, two types of cookies can be distinguished: temporary cookies that automatically get erased at the end of the browsing session and that are used to identify the user, in order to avoid the login for every page visited; permanent cookies that remain in use in the browser choosen by the user until the default deadline (by the third party that provides the cookie or by the website’s owner) or the deletion by the user.

2.5. The website may install in the browser choosen by the user session cookies, which allow the user access and its stay in the website’s reserved area as a logged user.

2.6. For the list and the detailed description of technical cookies used by the website’s owner, please refer to the list, updated monthly, available on the page for revocation or modification of the consent previously provided http://www.arflex.it/cookie/.

3 - Third parties Cookies

3.1. According to their origin, cookies are distinguished from those directly sent to the browser choosen by the user from the website visited and those set up by third parties.

3.2. The majority of third-parties cookies consist of tracking cookies used to identify the user's online behavior, understand their interests, and therefore customize their advertising proposals directed to them.

3.3. Analytical third-parties cookies may be installed: they are used to detect information about the behavior of website’s users on the website. The detection takes place anonymously, in order to monitor the performance and improve the usability of the website, referred to in the previous art. 2.3.

3.4. The use of these cookies is regulated by the regulations prepared by the third parties, therefore, users are encouraged to have sight of the privacy policy and the cookies policy published in their Web pages.

3.5. For the list and the detailed description of third parties cookies used by the website’s owner, please refer to the list, updated monthly, available on the page for revocation or modification of the consent previously provided http://www.arflex.it/cookie/.

4 - Profiling Cookies

4.1. Profiling cookies aim to create user’s profiles that are subsequently used to send advertising messages in accordance with the preferences expressed by the user during network browsing.

4.2. In the case of use of this type of cookies by the owner, the user shall give an explicit consent.

5 - Support in the configuration of the browser used by the user

5.1.The user can also manage cookies through the settings of the browser used. By deleting cookies from the browser used, the user could remove the preferences that has set for the website or suffer slowdowns, problems or inability to access to some services.

5.1.To receive more information and get support please visit the specific page on the main available browsers:

1.1. This section concerns the way the www.arflex.it website is managed, with regard to the processing of the personal data of the website users. This website describes the activity and the services provided by the company Seven Salotti S.p.A., headquartered in via Pizzo Scalino 1, 20833, Giussano (MB), P. IVA 00703820969, Rea Number: MB – 799065, PEC: sevensalottispa@pec.it.
1.2. This privacy policy also makes reference to the Articles 13 and 14 of Reg. (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation) on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data, for those who visit the Seven Salotti S.p.A. website, available at the following website address: www.arflex.it or at the alternative URLs www.arflex.com, www.sevensalotti.it, and www.sevensalotti.com.
1.3. This policy privacy and the information contained therein only concern the website: www.arflex.it and not any other website which can be consulted through the links contained therein.
1.4. This policy privacy and the information contained therein have the purpose of providing information regarding: the types of data processed, the methods of processing, the data storage periods, the nature of the information and any further relevant aspect of which website www.arflex.it users (also through the alternative URLs www.arflex.com, www.sevensalotti.it and www.sevensalotti.com) must be made aware of by the data controllers, regardless of the purpose of the connection, according to the Italian and the European legislation.
1.5. The website www.arflex.it applies to people aged 14 and over, in accordance to art. 8, par. 1 Reg. (EU) 2016/679 and to art. 2-quinquies DLT 10/08/2018, n. 101. By connecting to the www.arflex.it website and providing its data, the user, which is the data subject, declares to be at least 14 years old.

II – DATA PROCESSING SUBJECTS2 – Data Controller

2.1. The data controller is the natural or legal person, the public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing of personal data. It shall be incumbent upon the data controller to identify and adopt the appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a security level of the personal data processed appropriated to the risk generated by the data processing operations.
2.2. With regards to this website, the data controller is the company Seven Salotti S.p.A. through its legal representative pro tempore, headquartered in via Pizzo Scalino 1, 20833, Giussano (MB); for any clarification or exercise of the user’s rights refer to the following email address: privacy@arflex.it.

3.3. The list of external Processors, as well as the list of internal Processors of Seven Salotti S.p.A., will be kept up to date and can be requested at any time by writing to the following address: privacy@arflex.it.

4 - Place of data processing

4.1. Personal data are recorded and guarded on electronic databases owned by the Controller and the data processing generated by the use of www.arflex.itwebsite is carried out at the Controller’s registered office located in via Pizzo Scalino 1, 20833, Giussano (MB).
4.2. If necessary, the data relating to the newsletter service may be processed by the Data Processoror by the persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data pursuant to art. 4 n. 10 of Reg. (EU) 2016/679 for this purpose at the headquarter referred to in the preceding subparagraph.

5.1. As all websites, also this website makes use of log files in which information collected in an automated form is stored during users visits. The gathered information is:
5.1.1. URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) Addresses of requested resources;
5.1.2. The request moment;
5.1.3. The method used to submit the request to the server;
5.1.4. The file size obtained in response;
5.1.5. The numeric code indicating the status of the response given by the server;
5.1.6. Other parameters concerning the operating system and the user’s IT infrastructure.
5.2. The information referred to in paragraph 5.1 are automatically processed and collected in an exclusively aggregate form in order to elaborate anonymous statistical information on the website use and to verify the correct website functioning, as well as for security reasons. This information will be processed on the basis of the Controller’s legitimate interests and deleted within 90 days.
5.3. In addition to the information referred to in paragraph 5.1., the following personal data may also be collected from this website:
5.3.1. E-mail address (in case of an information request e-mail sent by the user at the address info@arflex.it or in case of provision of this data made by the same user, to the Controller or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service);
5.3.2. Third parties e-mail address (in case of compilation of the website document sharing form through the inclusion of the address of a subject different from the user and the Controller; in this case the user declares that he has been expressly authorized by the person concerned to provide the Controller this personal data or, however, to be entitled pursuant under the existing regulations on the protection of personal data, declaring to indemnify Seven Salotti S.p.A. from any legal action and/or initiative to protect the interests that the person concerned -as a subject whose the e-mail address has been provided - could put in place in case of unlawful data processing due to lack of consent as well as for any further reason);
5.3.3. User’s Name and Surname (if such data is provided in case of an information request e-mail sent by the user at the address info@arflex.it or in case of provision of this data made by the same user, to the Controller or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service), even if it is contained in the company's name;
5.3.4. Telephone contact and further personal data provided by the user (if this data is provided by the user through an information request e-mail sent at the address info@arflex.it or in case of provision of this data made by the same user to the Controller or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service);
5.3.5. Residence/domicile/headquarter company address (iif such data is provided in case of an information request e-mail sent by the user at the address info@arflex.it or in case of provision of this data made by the same user, to the Controller or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service);
5.3.6. IP Address (Internet Protocol) exclusively for the purpose of the following art. 5.6..
5.4. The personal data referred to in paragraph 5.3. will be processed by the operations indicated in art. 4 n. 2) GDPR, specifically: collection, registration, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction of data.
5.5. The personal data referred to in paragraph 5.3, also of an identifying type, are collected and processed in an automated manner for the purposes set out in the following art. 6.
5.6. The information referred to in paragraph 5.1. may be used for the assessment of liability in case of cybercrimes against this website, as is the personal data referred to in paragraph 5.3.6. which are processed exclusively for this purpose.
5.7. For security purposes (anti-spam filters, firewalls, virus detection), information and automatically recorded data referred to in paragraph 5.1. may be used to block attempts of website damage or other harmful or crimes activities, according to the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller or and the current legislation.
5.8. In case of submission of a CV for a possible work opportunity, the data is considered voluntarily provided by the user at the time when the e-mail has been sent. The CV will be examined and, if it will be saved or otherwise stored for future working partnerships, a synthetic information document will be provided from Seven Salotti S.p.A. to the user according to the current legislation.
5.9. The information that website users will make public through the services and tools available are considered provided by the user knowingly and willingly, by exempting Seven Salotti S.p.A. from any responsibility according to the violation of the law. The user has the task of checking whether he has the permission to enter personal data of third parties obtained, published or shared through this website and guarantees to have the right to communicate or disseminate them; It is also up to the user to verify whether he has the permission to include any content protected by national and international rules.
5.10. The data referred to in art. 5.3. may be communicated by the Controller to its agents/retailers if this is requested by the user at the time he sends an e-mail to the address info@arflex.it requiring information about the resellers from which the goods produced by Seven Salotti S.p.A. can be bought and advertised through this website.

6 - Purpose of processing and data retention period

6.1. The personal data . 5.3. collected from the website are used for the following purposes:
6.1.1. Performance of a contract between the user and Seven Salotti S.p.A. or taking steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
6.1.2. Provision of services provided by the website;
6.1.3. Sending of newsletters to the user at the same address provided to Seven Salotti S.p.A. or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service;
6.1.4. Sending of advertising and commercial communications on products and services provided by Seven Salotti S.p.A.;
6.1.5. Performance of obligations for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject (accounting, tax, etc.).
6.2. The preservation of the information referred to in art. 5.1. will be carried out for the period strictly necessary to the attainment of the above-mentioned purposes and in any case not exceeding the termination of the same purposes, with cancellation thereof within 90 days of collection.
6.3. The preservation of the information referred to in art. 5.3 will be carried out for the period strictly necessary to the attainment of the above-mentioned purposes referred to in paragraph 1 and in any case not exceeding the termination of the same purposes except where it is necessary to store them by legal requirement. The data may also be storage for the time required by the Controller or by the Processor designated for establishing, exercising or defending their legal claims in judicial proceedings, within the prescription period of any civil or criminal action taken against them.
6.4. In case of personal data processing based on the user's consent referred to in art. 5.3., Seven Salotti S.p.A. may storage personal data until such consent will be revoked.
6.5. Data used for security purposes referred to in previous art. 5.7. are stored for the time strictly necessary to achieve this goal and in any case will be deleted within 60 days.

7 – Legal basis of processing operations

7.1. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. is the performance of a contract for the purpose indicated in art. 6.1.1. that is entered into under current legislation and in the manner envisaged by contractual terms and conditions of the Seven Salotti S.p.A. contract or the fulfilment of pre-contractual obligations, between Seven Salotti S.p.A. and the user as a result of contacts aimed to evaluate the possible conclusion of a contract between concerning the services provided by Seven Salotti S.p.A.
7.2. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. is the performance of a contract for the purpose indicated in art. 6.1.2. that is entered into under current legislation, including, where appropriate, in the manner envisaged by contractual terms and conditions of the Seven Salotti S.p.A. contract
7.3. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. for the purpose indicated in art 6.1.3. is the user’s consent (interested) that is expressed at the time of the supply of his contact to the owner or to persons authorized by it during contacts, fairs or events to be included in the newsletter service.
7.4. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. for the purpose indicated in art. 6.1.4. is the consent of the user (Subject) that is expressed when he provides his contact to the Controller or to qualified subjects during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service.
7.5. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. for the purpose indicated in art. 6.1.5. is the performance of a legal obligation to which the Controller is subject to.

9.1. The art. 13, par. 2 of the Reg. UE 2016/679 lists the user's rights.
9.2. The www.arflex.it website has the purpose to inform the user about the rights referred to in artt. 13, par. 2, b) and d), 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21 GDPR, specifically the right to:
9.2.1. obtain from the Controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed, even if not yet recorded, and their communication in intelligible form;
9.2.2. Get indication about: a) the data source; b) the processing purposes and modalities; c) the logic involved in processing carried out through electronic tools; d) the identity and the contact details of the Controller, of the Data Protection Officer, of the Processors and of the designated Representative referred to in art. 3, par. 1 GDPR; e) recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed or that can become aware of the data as a designated Representative in the territory of the State and as a Processor;
9.2.3. Obtaining: a) the updating, rectification or, if necessary, integration of data; b) the erasure, the anonymization or blocking of personal data processed in violation of law, including those for which the storage is not necessary referring to the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are collected or subsequently processed c) the confirmation that the operations referred to in a) and b) have been communicated, including their content, to those to whom the data have been transmitted or disseminated, except for such fulfilment appears impossible or requires means manifestly disproportionate to the subject's right;
9.2.4. Object completely or in part for legitimate reasons to the data processing even if related to the purpose of data collection;
9.2.5. If applicable, the user has also the rights referred to in arts. 16-21 GDPR (right of rectification, right “to be forgotten”, right of restriction of processing, right to data portability, right of object), and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
9.2.6. Withdraw consent at any time.
9.3. Requests may be addressed to the data Controller, without formalities or, alternatively, using the model provided by the supervisory authority or by sending an e-mail to: info@arflex.it.
9.4. If the processing refers to art. 6, par. 1, a) GDPR – consent to the processing – or to art. 9, par. 2. a) GDPR – explicit consent to the processing of genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health, data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership – the user has the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
9.5. Likewise, in the event of law infringement, the user has the right to the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, which in Italy is Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali.
9.6. For a better examination of the user’s (subject) rights, please refer to artt. 15 and following of Reg. (EU) 2016/679 and art. 7 of Italian D. Lgs. 196/2003.

V – NATURE OF CONSENT10 – Nature of consent

10.1. The provision of personal data referred to in art. 5.3. is mandatory for the fulfilment of the purposes set out in artt. 6.1.1. and 6.1.2.. Any refusal to provide such data causes the impossibility for the Controller to provide the services referred to in art. 6.1.1. and 6.1.2..
10.2. The provision of personal data referred to in art. 5.3. for the fulfilment of the purposes set out in artt. 6.1.3. and 6.1.4. is optional. The subject may also decide not to provide any data or subsequently deny the data processing already provided for these purposes: in this case the Controller will not fulfil the purposes referred to in art. 6.1.3. and 6.1.4.. In this case, the user may continue to make use of the services referred to in the artt. 6.1.1. and 6.1.2..
10.3. The provision of personal data referred to in art. 5.3. is mandatory for the fulfilment of the purposes set out in artt. 6.1.5.. Any refusal to provide such data causes the impossibility for the Controller to fulfil the legal obligations referred to in art 6.1.5. and, consequently, to provide the services referred to in artt. 6.1.1. and 6.1.2..

11.1. This website may transmit some data to services located outside the European Union area, towards the US territory. The data transfer is authorized and strictly regulated by art. 45, par. 1 GDPR and by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 of 12 July 2016, because the the companies to which the data may be transferred adhere to the Privacy Shield.
11.2. Data will be never transferred to third countries which do not comply with the rules referred to in art.. 45 and following of Reg. (EU) 2016/679.

VII – PROVIDED DATA SECURITY 12 – Personal data security measures

12.1. This website processes users' data fairly and lawfully to GDPR as well to the current Italian legislation (D.Lgs. n. 196/2003 and subsequent amendments or additions), implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures suitable to risk mapped to avoid personal data breaches, leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data. The data processing is carried out by informatic tools and/or telematics, with organizational measures and according to logic strictly related to the purposes referred to in art. 6.
12.2. Other than the Controller, some categories of authorized people may have access to the data processing involved in the organization and management of the website (administrative staff, commercial staff, marketing staff, legal team, system administrators, etc.) or external entities in charge of outsourcing services on behalf of the Controller (such as technical service providers, hosting providers, IT companies, communication agencies) that are designated, if necessary or appropriate, as external data Processors.

VIII - COOKIES13 - Cookies’ types

13.1. Please refer to the website’s cookies policy.

IX. COPYRIGHT14 – Copyright

14.1. All texts, graphic components, sound files, videos, images, animation and more generally all the information hosted on this website are owned by Seven Salotti S.p.A. and protected by international Copyright law and by the other intellectual property law.
14.2. None of the contents referred to in the preceding subparagraph may be copied, modified or resold, in whole or in part, for profit.
14.3. Icons, logos and names of products displayed on the pages of this website are copyrighted by their respective owners or are anyway protected under trademark, patent and intellectual property laws.

X. USERS’ BROWSING ON THE WEBSITE15 – Content of the website and disclaimer

15.1. Seven Salotti S.p.A. does not assume any responsibility for malfunctioning of the site www.arflex.it nor for the damages - of any nature - which may be caused to users by the access to the website or in any case by any contact with it, nor for that demages that may derive from third-party websites linked by this website or linked by social networks plugins incorporated in this website. Seven Salotti S.p.A. has no responsibility because links and sharing buttons constitute a facilitation for users, who can easily share contents or make other operations on the website through this buttons or plugins. Anyway Seven Salotti S.p.A. rejects any responsbaility about quality, contents and graphics of the websites reachable by these links, social buttons or plugins. Seven Salotti S.p.A. is neither responsible for information obtained by the user through the access to the websites linked to www.arflex.it. Therefore, the responsibles for the completeness and accuracy of information are the respective websites’ owners.
15.2. Seven Salotti S.p.A. has as main goal the ensuring that all the website’s contents are properly assessed and analyzed, as well as elaborated with accurancy and, if necessary, updated. At the same time, however, errors or omissions may occur: Seven Salotti S.p.A. declines, therefore, any form of liability for damages that users may suffer due to eventual errors, inaccuracies and omissions in the website’s contents, as well as due to the use of it done by third parties. Furthermore, Seven Salotti S.p.A. declines any form of liability for damages that users may suffer due to errors, inaccuracies and omissions in third-party websites’ contents, reachable by links available on this website.
15.3. Any objects, products, software, etc., available on this website for download (e.g. technical files, commercial files, software, etc.), subject to laid down exceptions, are freely and free of charge available for the users under the conditions set out by Seven Salotti S.p.A., who reject any responsibility for the documents’ content, for the products’ characteristics nor for the functioning of software.
15.4. Seven Salotti S.p.A. reserves the right to modify the website’s contents in any moment, without notice, as well as to edit this Privacy policy as referred to in art. 16.

XI. PRIVACY POLICY EDITS16 – Edits to the website privacy policy

16.1. This privacy policy, published on http://www.arflex.it/privacy/, may be changed or updated by the Controller; major updates will be reported to the users by a message published on the website with proper visibility.
16.2. Privacy policy updated on 23.05.2018 in accordance with Reg. (EU) 2016/679.